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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (commonly abbreviated T3) is a 2003 science fiction film directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, and Kristanna Loken. It is the sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(1991) and The Terminator
(1984).

Its release date within the United States was July 2, 2003.

This film was Arnold Schwarzenegger's final starring role before becoming Governor of California, after being elected in the 2003 California recall. In order to ride a wave of publicity focused on Schwarzenegger, the DVD release of this movie was scheduled several weeks after the election.

Tagline: The Machines Will Rise.

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Cyber Research Systems Terminator: 850 Series: Model 101 (The Terminator)
Nick Stahl
- John Connor
Claire Danes
- Kate Brewster
Kristanna Loken
- T-X
David Andrews
- Robert Brewster
Mark Famiglietti
- Scott Mason (Originally "Scott Petersen". See "Scott Peterson".)
Earl Boen
- Dr. Peter Silberman
Moira Harris
- Betsy
Chopper Bernet- Chief Engineer
Chris Lawford
- Brewster's Aide
Carolyn Hennesy
- Rich Woman
Jay Acovone- Cop - Westside Street
M.C. Gainey- Roadhouse Bouncer
Susan Merson- Roadhouse Clubgoer #1
Elizabeth Morehead- Roadhouse Clubgoer #1

Plot

In the absence of the previously scheduled Judgment Day, John Connor has gone from messiah to burn-out and is wandering aimlessly around Southern California. Unfortunately, it seems the apocalypse was only delayed, not prevented, by his actions in the second movie. The United States Air Force has taken over the Skynet project where Cyberdyne (rechristened as "Cyber Research Systems") left off, presumably (although it is never said) by using data backups that were not destroyed in the second film. Unable to locate Connor, who is now living "off the grid", Skynet sends another advanced new Terminator, the T-X, back in time to eliminate his future lieutenants, and (hopefully) locate and kill John in the process.

As with Terminator 2: Judgment Day, a reprogrammed Terminator, a Cyber Research Systems Model 101, Series 850, (played by Schwarzenegger) has been sent back in time to protect John as well as his future wife, Kate Brewster, from the T-X, later dubbed the "Terminatrix".

In a plot twist, this particular model of T-850 reveals that he is in fact the murderer of John Connor in the distant future and that his wife reprogrammed him for the mission. This plot point serves to illustrate the complete lack of both emotion and personal will that the machines possess. Another twist to the formula of the previous films is that the T-X is armed with a full arsenal of advanced weapons from the future: in the first two films, the point is made that nothing but living tissue can be sent backwards through time, so time travel by humans requires they be naked and without weapons. Although a Terminator is a metal robot, it is surrounded by living tissue (the T-1000 Terminator in T2 is all-metal, but it is never revealed on-screen in exactly what manner the T-1000 arrived). The T-X expands on this principle by having internal weapons, thus enabling them to be transported back in time.

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